Soopa Starr's Blaxploitation Friday: Tales From The Hood

blame it on MekaNovember 28, 2008

* dies from laughter *

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I'm kind of on my lazy game today. I'm still sort of in food coma but it dawned on me that when I did my blaxploitation horror series, I left out one flick that I specifically meant to include. It's actually one of my favorites (*hides face in shame at B-Movie addiction*).

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxU6vvSRDos]

I don't care what anybody says, as cheesy as it was, you know you laughed when the "little niglets" attacked that ol' racist mofo. LOL

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFLBL_Ymd3c]

If this movie isn't a certified hood classic, I don't know what is!

Facts:

This was executive produced by Spike Lee.

Rusty Cundieff co-wrote this flick. He also helped write House Party 2 and appeared in School Daze as well as Chapelle's Show, among other things.

yo Tales From The Hood is a slept on classic. fuck what you heard. the whole shit with David Allen Grier? Or the "lil niglet" puppets? My mom and I love watching that shit. Cundieff also directed all of this movie too, I thought...

RAE

this movie was my shit back in the day. i remember seein it in the theater when i was like 10 and trippin. hilarious shit.

Anytime I hear Spacey Jazz, I Hear "Clarence, CLARENCE!!!". Good shit though. I remember the booklet for this soundtrack showed Spike Lee directing one of the stories. "Welcome to Hell, Mothafuckassss!!!!!"